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Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18)  

1939, Germany

engines/performance

engines:
years cyl./valv. compr. displacement

power

  specific fuel torque  
39: i6/12V 5.75:1 2867cc.(175ci)

60-hp

@3200rpm

20.9 hp/l 1bbl ?lb-ft. (?Nm)

@?rpm

performance:
engine topspeed 0-50mph 0-62mph 0-100mph 0-124mph

1/4mile

mileage (US-gallon)
2.9l60hp: 103kph/64mph ?s ?s ?s ?s

?s@?mph/?kph

16.0-17.0 l/100km13.8-14.7 mpg

tyres/transmission

tyres front/rear: 6.50-17
transmission/drive wheel: 3+1/4-speed/RWD

dimensions/weight

length x width x height: 4870 x 1730 x 1660 mm (191.7 x 68.1 x 65.4 in)
wheelbase - tread f/r: 3300 mm - 1435/1476 mm (129.9 in - 56.5/58.1 in)
some calculations: base aera: 8.43 m² (90.7 sq.ft.) - frontal aera: ~2.37 m² (~25.5 sq.ft.) - LxWxH: 13.99 m³ (494.1 cu.ft.)
aerodynamics: coefficient of drag (cd): ? - drag area: ? m² / ? sq.ft.
weight: 1850 kg (4078 lb)
power/weight-ratio: 30.8 kg/hp (68.0 lb/hp) 32 hp/ton

price/production

base-price: ?
production: ?

   

The Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 replaced the Typ Mannheim and was replaced by the Typ 320 in 1937.

Pictures taken at the "2009 Technoclassica" in Essen, Germany
 
  Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939   Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939   Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939  
             
  Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939   Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939   Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939  
             
  Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939          
             
Pictures taken at the "2011 Classic Days at Schloss Dyck" in Jüchen (near Mönchengladbach), Germany
 
  Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939   Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939   Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939  
             
  Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939   Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939   Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939  
             
  Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939   Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 Spezial-Roadster lwb (W18) 1939      
             

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